Data is a big concern of the draft National e-Commerce Policy. Who controls the personal data that large e-com companies have come to access, can they exploit it, can such data be in non-Indian hands – all these questions have come into focus of the draft policy. And it has proposed setting up of a […]

China Telecom and Tata Communications come together on the Internet of Things (IoT) offering in the Chinese market, Mumbai-based group’s company in a statement Wednesday said. The partnership, according to it, would allow companies to deploy and manage IoT devices easily and cost-effectively within China and internationally across multiple industries, including consumer and industrial electronics […]

Google made a major announcement at the Games Developers Conference 2019 (GDC) by introducing its venture into the gaming industry. Nearly in line with what the speculations had been, Google launched Stadia, its new cloud-based gaming platform that relies on Chrome OS and Google servers to process memory-intensive files. Not only Google Stadia runs on […]

A US court in the state of California has dismissed lawsuit against Apple and Infosys over allegations that it abused the visa system to save money. The California federal judge nixed a whistleblower’s suit accusing Apple of bringing two trainers from India into the country using B-1 visas instead of the necessary and more expensive […]

The Indian Premier League (IPL) continues to be a magnet for brands to reach out to their consumers even as the TV broadcast industry is in the midst of its biggest change ever. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) new regulatory framework, which puts the power of choosing channels in the hands of the […]

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Dark Mode is a popular theme across online platforms and apps. And now, it seems Facebook is also willing to extend the ability to its Messenger platform. As the feature is not officially rolled out, there’s a trick to enable Dark Mode. Folks at Android Police have discovered a way to turn on the Dark […]

Microsoft is reportedly working on a stripped-down version of its Windows operating system that will cater to low-end PCs. Called Windows Lite, Microsoft is also readying the software for a new breed of devices with two screens including foldable ones. According to The Verge, Microsoft’s new Windows Lite will be compatible with dual-screen laptops and […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) or futuristic tech as we may call it, is one innovation that is getting bigger and better. AI flaunts the capabilities of technology and how it can mimic or eventually perfect tasks humans do. AI also comes with possible benefits of making human lives easier. At the same time, this technology also […]

Amazon on Tuesday announced Fab Phones Fest online sale with big discounts and offers on top budget and premium smartphones across brands and accessories. The sale will continue till March 7. The Amazon Fab Phones Fest features 5% instant discount up to Rs 1,500 on purchase of select handsets via HDFC bank Debit & Credit […]

Photo-sharing website Flickr has finally dumped Yahoo’s old login system after over 10 years, a move which was most requested by its users. “It’s been difficult for Flickr’s new owner, SmugMug, to step away from Yahoo. In an effort to improve performance and reliability, SmugMug also has been moving data from Yahoo’s data centers to […]

Nearly 14.5% of Indian companies could not detect any cyber attacks last year as finance and Information and communications technology (ICT) companies detected most attacks globally, a new report said on Tuesday. According to cyber security provider F-Secure, there was a significant increase in attack traffic in the latter half of 2018. “While attacks are […]

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the FIDO Alliance on Monday elevated the Web Authentication (WebAuthn) as an official web standard. The move is believed to be a big step towards making the internet safer and more secure for users around the world. The new web standard paves way for a simpler and stronger […]

Google’s security research team, Project Zero, has released details about a “high-severity” flaw in Apple’s macOS operating system. Dubbed ‘BuggyCow’, the vulnerability allowed anyone to modify a user-mounted file image without alerting the virtual management system. This essentially means cyber criminals could run codes on the mounted file image without user ever finding it out. […]

NEW DELHI: E-commerce has revolutionised the retail sector in India and will play a major role in the country’s growth story going forward, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday. He further noted that driven by the growth in India’s retail market, the country’s GDP will also witness an increase and result in more […]

For many people, it probably sounds a little rich to hear the European Union (EU) accuse Silicon Valley of being a graveyard of innovation. But that’s where we are in 2019. Regulators are hitting the likes of Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. with a flurry of antitrust fines and data-privacy probes, implying that they regard […]

Facebook’s chief AI researcher has suggested the company is working on a new class of semiconductor that would work very differently than most existing designs. Yann LeCun said that future chips used for training deep learning algorithms, which underpin most of the recent progress in artificial intelligence, would need to be able to manipulate data […]

A Class 12 student of a local junior college in Pune was duped of Rs 3.6 lakh on a mobile application, which claimed to set up the teenager on a blind date with woman for a fee. A case was registered against unidentified people at the Chatuhshrungi police station. The teenager, who is the complainant, […]

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Data is a big concern of the draft National e-Commerce Policy. Who controls the personal data that large e-com companies have come to access, can they exploit it, can such data be in non-Indian hands – all these questions have come into focus of the draft policy. And it has proposed setting up of a […]